Therapy Assessment Today!

[janemariesayed]

Got an hour to get ready and then I have to get the bus. Not looking forward to today. I have a friend going with me in the case of getting lost. Feeling anxious and nauseous. Crying because of my horrible selfish mother never called or even messaged me on Facebook. What a cow. Have a half hours walk the other end of the bus ride to get to the therapy place. I walk slow and have a problem in my hip so it will take me about an hour. Wish me luck, everybody!

 

[Concernedgal]

Good luck sweetie. I just got a call from that psychiatrist .i've been on that waiting list for a while. I've made an appointment. Let me ask you... whats it like? What's it like going to a psychatrist ?

 

[janemariesayed]

Good luck sweetie. I just got a call from that psychiatrist .i've been on that waiting list for a while. I've made an appointment. Let me ask you... whats it like? What's it like going to a psychatrist ?

Hiya Sis!
Well, how is to go to see a psychiatrist? It is a little nerve-racking. But once you get there you realise that they are professionals.

The lady who saw me yesterday spoke to me so quietly and gently she made me feel really relaxed. She asked me where I wanted to start, that is, what did I want to start talking about. You realise that you are free to say how you are feeling without being judged. It isn't going to be repeated, laughed at or shunned upon.

These people are professionals. They have read countless books and studied for years the human mind. Even though they may not have experienced the feelings like we feel, they are trained to bring out the deepest thoughts and feelings within you. They are compassionate people. They feel for us even with the impossibility of complete understanding.

No single person on this or any other planet can truly understand another individual. Because we are no longer telepathic. And feelings are something that is felt just by that person alone. But these people are professionals. Because they are learned on the subject, they know what has worked for the majority to help them to heal.

That is it about the psychiatrists, but now how about the patient? It is hard, really hard but when you are sitting before them and pouring out your heart, you don't realise it. You don't realise it until later how hard it was. It is easy to talk, but the hardness comes from the feelings deep within. It can get worse before it gets better. Eventually, you feel relieved to have spoken. You get home and feel happy that you revealed your innermost thoughts to someone. You may feel like crying a lot but you will also feel relieved and pleasantly surprised by their non-judgemental attitude. And then you feel hope. You realise that although it may have been hard, that you do actually feel a bit better. You may have come to realise something about yourself that you didn't before, and that something will always go towards healing.

When they know your deepest most inner feelings, they know the coping techniques and they pass them over to you. You practice them at home and in your everyday life until the following week when you go back for your next appointment. In time you become stronger and your weakness then becomes your strength.

I am so made up that you have an appointment at last! I really wish you good luck. When is it you are going?

I am going through a screening process first and the lady explained that I may not be seeing her when my therapy actually begins. They will give me a few appointments to see how they can help me exactly. Don't be afraid to open up.

A teeny weeny bit of advice though, if you go with your hubby, that's fine, but don't take him into the actual appointment with you. He should wait in the waiting room or reception. You will talk easier if he is not in the same room. Good luck Sister! I hope you share on here how it was for you!

 

[Danes]

I don't know if you've already back from your appointment or not, but I hope it went really well for you and that you made a lot of progress. It's great that you're inspiring others to also seek professional help and I like that you make it less scary than some people assume it is.

 

[Concernedgal]

Hiya Sis!
Well, how is to go to see a psychiatrist? It is a little nerve-racking. But once you get there you realise that they are professionals.

The lady who saw me yesterday spoke to me so quietly and gently she made me feel really relaxed. She asked me where I wanted to start, that is, what did I want to start talking about. You realise that you are free to say how you are feeling without being judged. It isn't going to be repeated, laughed at or shunned upon.

These people are professionals. They have read countless books and studied for years the human mind. Even though they may not have experienced the feelings like we feel, they are trained to bring out the deepest thoughts and feelings within you. They are compassionate people. They feel for us even with the impossibility of complete understanding.

No single person on this or any other planet can truly understand another individual. Because we are no longer telepathic. And feelings are something that is felt just by that person alone. But these people are professionals. Because they are learned on the subject, they know what has worked for the majority to help them to heal.

That is it about the psychiatrists, but now how about the patient? It is hard, really hard but when you are sitting before them and pouring out your heart, you don't realise it. You don't realise it until later how hard it was. It is easy to talk, but the hardness comes from the feelings deep within. It can get worse before it gets better. Eventually, you feel relieved to have spoken. You get home and feel happy that you revealed your innermost thoughts to someone. You may feel like crying a lot but you will also feel relieved and pleasantly surprised by their non-judgemental attitude. And then you feel hope. You realise that although it may have been hard, that you do actually feel a bit better. You may have come to realise something about yourself that you didn't before, and that something will always go towards healing.

When they know your deepest most inner feelings, they know the coping techniques and they pass them over to you. You practice them at home and in your everyday life until the following week when you go back for your next appointment. In time you become stronger and your weakness then becomes your strength.

I am so made up that you have an appointment at last! I really wish you good luck. When is it you are going?

I am going through a screening process first and the lady explained that I may not be seeing her when my therapy actually begins. They will give me a few appointments to see how they can help me exactly. Don't be afraid to open up.

A teeny weeny bit of advice though, if you go with your hubby, that's fine, but don't take him into the actual appointment with you. He should wait in the waiting room or reception. You will talk easier if he is not in the same room. Good luck Sister! I hope you share on here how it was for you!

Hi there sister. I'm so excited and also a little nervous. She seems like a very nice women. She gave me a pre- interview over the phone and she determine that therapy would be very beneficial. She wants to see me on the 26th. I bet she will blame all of my emotional problems on my childhood. My father beating me and my mother digging her head in the sand. I remember leaving all the time and then about a month later her taking him back and after taking him back ... About a week later... he would start his crap again. Wow.. my and psychiatrist have alot to talk about. Lol . Anyways. Her price is a little steep though. 85 dollars an hour. So I agreed to 85 dollars an hour twice a month. I don't make a lot of money but, this means everything to me right now. I need this and maybe the ativan she might five me won't hurt either. Lol. As hard as this is to say. I'm not strong enough to deal with the vehicle anxiety right now. I need the assurance of something that will treat it on the spot so I will know that if I do go out and I do have a panic attack. . I will have something that will make it go away. And there's no way my hubby is going to take me. For all we know. .. he may be the problem.

 

[janemariesayed]

You have thought that there is a problem with him though, and you never know it could well be that his ways add to your problems already. They will harp on back to your childhood. Isn't childhood a curse to adulthood? Whatever happens to us back then when we are innocent and impressionable stays with us for life.

I've read up countless articles about child abuse and always read those child abuse victims will suffer, or normally suffer all their lives because of it. That is why I can't understand my mother. If she was raped as she claims, there should be times when she gets depressed. But she has never had any throwback.

That is awful that you father used to beat you. As did my ex-wicked stepmother. So I know a bit of how you may feel now. Your mother should have said or done something to protect you.

$85 twice a month is a little steep, but these people are professionals and it will help. It is a shame you are not in the UK with the NHS. Even with the NHS though, it has taken since January to get this far and this is just screening at the moment. It may be free for me, but I have paid my national insurance contributions over decades of working so I am entitled to it. Wouldn't it be better for the States to have a similar system? Every working person pays a dividend to the medical services out of their wages and then when you need to go to the hospital or have any kind of care, it is there for you already. Although, the UK is having a problem at the moment because we have allowed too many foreigners to come and have medical care without paying into the system we are running out of funds. So I am very grateful to be able to have this treatment courtesy of the National Health Service.

They won't expect you to deal with anything until you are ready. You can talk about your anxiety while in a car, and they will give you coping techniques, but only when you are ready. They will go at your pace and it is one day at a time.

 

[janemariesayed]

I don't know if you've already back from your appointment or not, but I hope it went really well for you and that you made a lot of progress. It's great that you're inspiring others to also seek professional help and I like that you make it less scary than some people assume it is.

Thank you @Danes I went for a drink after my appointment. Felt very nice after 3 pints of Strongbow! LOL, It is scary, really scary. But you realise that it is not as bad as you think it will be. I'm a great believer in talking things through. If we have a problem with our body, we go and see a specialist. It's the same for the mind. If there is a problem in the mind, we go and see a specialist. That's the way I look at it anyway.

I don't feel shame for going, I know they will help me in the long run. It isn't easy though, but it does get easier. And there is only one way to heal, and that I think is to go and see a professional. I do hope by sharing my experiences on here that it will encourage others who are suffering.

Mind you, 500 years ago, I think I would have kept very quiet about my mental problems. I wouldn't have told a soul for fear of being sent to bedlam!